Today we are faced with a very important choice: continue on the path of destruction or change course and create a more balanced and harmonious world, in which all living beings can live together peacefully. Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman's book "Spontaneous Evolution" is an invitation to reflect on individual and collective responsibility in creating a better future, based on respect for the environment and life.
Act One began billions of years ago when a wave of light from the sun collided with a particle of matter. That spark of love between Father Sun and Mother Earth gave birth to a daughter on this turquoise spheroid. That precocious daughter, called life, made the Earth her playground from the beginning, multiplying into an infinite series of magnificent forms.
The curtain rose on Act Two of this love story approximately 700 million years ago when certain unicellular organisms decided they were tired of the single life. Thus the multicellular organism came into being.
Act Three began over 1 million years ago when multicellular organisms evolved into the first conscious humans to appear on the scene. Act Four traces the evolution of human tribes who joined forces and divided the world into nation states.
Now we find ourselves nearing the final moments of this act, wondering if the play ends here, like a Greek tragedy that always ends badly.
Looking at our chaotic world of human dysfunction and environmental crisis, we seem destined for inevitable disaster. But fortunately, the Greeks also had five-act plays, which were comedies filled with laughter, joy, happiness and love.
Spontaneous Evolution is a story about how we can safely move from Act Four to Act Five. The good news is that biology and evolution are on our side.